woodman

A custom handmade wood one..light and rugged.....Isn't their a guy down in Springfield making wood boats? Now here would be a wood boat option..ugly ..but stable. http://www.bluewaterdories.com/

People would be surprised just how tuff epoxy and fiberglass reinforces wood. It will take knocks scrapes grinds with no problem..Knock a hole in the hull and patch it with epoxy and you are on you're way the next day....I coat the bottom of the hull with a mixture of graphite powder and epoxy resin ...I t lets the boat slide over rocks etc. without gouging.... Last year while camped at Indian Creek campground on 71 hwy I got to talking to the owner about the abuse people put his boats through and how hard the plastic boats are to repair...He was impressed at how easy a wood boat can be repaired... And if you think skin covered boats are delicate watch this and see how tuff nylon is... http://kudzucraft.kudzupatch.com/video/toughboat.php

At 85 lbs. is why I build my own ....My 16' X36'' in my avatar weighs 46lbs and I can stand and fish also... My lightest wood boat weighs 32lbs.....American made...

I'd love to watch some old "Fishin Hole" episodes.

pictures so far.... The bow.. And stern..

Still for sale ....reduced to $500. It is 31'' wide and weighs 45 lbs. verry stable...Capacity? 350 lbs...

Still for sale... The seats are verry comfortable I have set-in-em for hours....

Jim I went ahead and glued up the last 2 panels so when you come back we can start stitching it together...

Thanks John ..we will have to go fishing together..Lone Jake Lake and other local places..... Pics. from it's first showing...sold 95 tickets....

First time out pics. sold 95 tickets at it's first showing....

Meet you on the Little Niangua ...bring the minnow bucket, I got the trap....

It will be raffled off starting at our winter powwow in Feb. clear through to, and ending with our summer powwow in Aug. It will be displayed here....Indian Council of Many Nations Annual Winter Pow wow February 18, 2012 Kansas City Kansas Community College More info: http://kc-icmn.org/ We have yet to set up an online way to get tickets but council members phone # are on the site... The build is posted on this site ; http://forums.ozarkanglers.com/index.php?showtopic=31150

This ought to get you're blood flowing.....I once heard a state worker say we were lucky they don't tax more of our possessions like refrigerators and such.. MURFREESBORO, TN (WSMV) - The Tennessee Department of Revenue is threatening court action against a Murfreesboro man who built a small wooden boat in his garage with his 7-year-old son. The state says that makes him a boat dealer and subject to paying extra taxes. The boat is 14 feet long and made of wood. The family ordered the plans over the Internet because 7-year-old Carter loves to fish with his dad. http://www.wsmv.com/story/16773393/state-threatens-suit-against-boat-hobbiests

Good one Cricket.... Here is a thought... if alcohol was banned at all the campgrounds mabe the idiots would stop comming...

Darn good idea..could be adapted to kayaks also...

Fogy this morning...interesting light....

Rub rails are on....

What if Prater is reading these posts and decides to drop some tree, to create an obstacle across the river ..sort of like a dare? Im ready for another spring float with a new boat...

I had good luck last year fishing Berkley Gulp (Smelt 4 inch Minnows) on a 1/16 oz jig. Fished like a dying-wounded minnow.... If you have fished with live shiners like I have as a kid back in the early 60's on the Elk and Big Sugar I got to see and study how the bass react to all sorts of presentations etc....Catching bass on dead minnows twitching the line every so often created strikes..

Sounds good like to meet more local boat builders.... My shop should be free from the cabinet job I'm doing pretty soon, so Jim can bring his material over so we can start on his Pirogue.. I'd like to paddle that lake sometime..

Yea...And small lake fishing you can't get the big boat on......

Well nearly done, just need a wood rub rail....

So far.....

It will be displayed here....Indian Council of Many Nations Annual Winter Pow wow February 18, 2012 Kansas City Kansas Community College

Tarrek and his mom Carole came over..we painted a few coats of paint... Carole started working on a paint design based off one of my pipe stone carvings...